Vehicle body



H. T. WINNER May 22, 1934.

VEHICLE BODY Filed April '7, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet May 22, 1934.

H. r. WINNER 1,260,096

VEHICLE BODY Filed April 7, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 22, 11934VEHICLEBODY y Hudson T. Winner, Trenton, N. J., assignorto Fitz Gibbon &Crisp, Inc., Trenton, N. 'J, a corporation of New Jersey K ApplicationApril 7, 1931, Serial No. 528,358

4 Claims. (Cl. 296-100) One object of my `invention is to construct atruck or wagon body for use in removing and dumping ashes, garbage andother materials which are collected in cit-ies and which are carred to adump or other discharge point.

Another object'of the invention is to so arrange the body that it can beloaded from the side at a convenient height, and to provide a series` ofclosures for the sides of the truck body which can be closed as certainportions of the wagon are filled.

Another object of the inventionV isto provide roller curtains forclosingthe sides of the body.

A further object of the invention is to provide I5 doors at the topwhich can be moved into the open position, the position being such thatthe doors willact as chutes to direct material into the body of thewagon. s

A still further object of the invention is to so 2G design the uppersections of the body that the rollers and the curtains will beprotected, the housings forthe rollers acting as supports for the doorswhen 1in theopen position; H Y

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view illustrating my improved truck body, showing twoof the side openings closed and one open;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the body showing the doors closed;

' 3U Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the body;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional View showing the curtains and thehousings for the curtains; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a portion of the roof l structure showingone of the doors in the raised position.

1 is a chassis of the truck, which may be of any typeidesired. 2 are thewheels and 3 is the hood for the motor. 4 is the drivers compartment. 5is the bodyl of the truck or wagon, which is pivoted 40 at 6 to thechassis and can be raised by any suitable elevating mechanism 7 when itis desired to dump the contents of the body. 8 is a door which closesthe rear end of the body, and this door is automatically opened as thebody is turned on its pivot. The above-described mechanism forms no partof the present invention and therefore is not described in detail.

The body of the truck consists of a bottom member 9, having sides 10,which are solid for a given height strengthening the body and allowingfor the accommodation of material within the body. The height of thesides is comparatively low so as to allow a collector of garbage, ashesor other refuse, to readily discharge the material from small containersinto thebody of the truck. 11 is a series of inclined channel memberswhich support the roof structure 12 ofthe'body. The roof structure isshaped so as to form rigid elongated housings 13 at each side ofthe roofwhich support the heavy roof structure and, in which are located 6W therollers 14 for the metallic curtains 15, which are adapted to guides atthe sides ofthe channel members 1l, and when the curtain is raised it'isrolled upon the' rollers 14 within thefenclosed housing 13, and whenlowered these curtains rest 65 upon the sides V10 of the body member!)and en'- close the body, preventing `the escape of dust or material fromthe body of the truck whenloaded. If it is desired tordischarge materialinto vthetop of the body, then the sides "are closed bythe curtains 15and the doors 16 are opened. These doors are pivoted at 17 to a pointnear the housings 13 and they are parted in the center. 4The doors arepreferably made in sections so that certain doors Y can be opened whilethe others iare closed orthe entire top opened or closed as desired. `Oneach door are brackets 18, which, when the doors are open, rest upon thesurface 19 ofthe housings 13, the housings rigidly supporting the `doorsin? the open position some distance from their hinges, which allows thedoors to be used as chutes for material being loaded into the body, seeFig. 5. When the doors are closed and the curtains closed, the entireinterior of the wagon is sealed, preventing dust or refuse from escapingwhile the loaded truck is being driven to a dump or other point ofdischarge.

When the dump is reached, the mechanism for raising the body on itspivot 6 is set in motion and the rear door is automatically opened, and9'6 when the body is elevated to a certain degree the material withinthe body will be discharged by gravity from the body. The body can thenbe lowered and the truck can be driven to another collecting point,where one curtain after another 9'5 can be raised to allow material tobe loaded in the body, or one or more sections of the top doors can beraised for the same purpose. The rollers are preferably heavy springrollers of any suitable type. The springs are coil springs, as shown 10oat 20 in Fig. 4, and the inner guide 2l extends to a point above thelower portion of the housing 13. so as to insure the proper winding ofthe curtains on the roller. The roller curtains are preferably providedwith heavy bars 22 at their 105 lower edges, which can be grasped by theoperator when raising and closing the curtain.

It will be understood that the parts are comparatively heavy, so as towithstand the rough usage to which apparatus'of this type is subjected.1.1'0

may be vertical without departing from the essential features of theinvention.

By the above-described invention collections of ashes and othermaterialcan be readily made without undue effort on the part of thecollectors, and the minimum amount o'f dust is allowed to escapeY whenthe curtains are closed after certain Y' portions of the truck havebecome loaded, making the .truck particularly sanitary for city-.ashandY garbage collections.V

1. In a truck body, the combination with a bottom member, of a lroofstructure, a housing formed at each side 'of' the roof structure andextending longitudinally thereof, spaced transverse vmembers connectedbetween the lower adjacent edges of saidv housings so that the latterproject a substantial distance above the plane of said transversemembers, and doors hinged adj acent the lower inner edges of each ofsaid housings for closingV the spaces Vbetween the'spaced transversemembers and housings, said doors being arranged to open outward of thebody and be supported in the latter position .by the housings tobe usedas chutes for material loaded into said body. j

v2. In a truck body,; the combination with a bottom member, of a roofstructure, a housing formed at each side of the roof structure andextending longitudinally thereof, spaced transverse members connectedbetween the lower adjacent edges of said housings so Vthat the latterproject a substantial distance above the plane of said transversemembers, doors hinged adjacent the lower inner edges of each of saidhousings for closing the spaces between the spaced transverse membersand housings, and brackets mounted on the exterior of each of saiddoors, said doors being arranged to open outward of the body and besupported in the latter position by the brackets, to be used as chutesfor material loaded into said body. o

3. In a truck body, the combination with a bottom member, a roofstructure spaced therefrom and curtains operable to close the spacebetween saidbottom and roof, of a housing for supporting said curtainsformed at each side of the roof structure and extending longitudinallythereof," spaced transverse members connected between the lower adjacentedges of said housings so that the latter project a substantial dis-Vtance above the plane of said transverse memb ers, and doors hingedadjacent the lower inner edges of each of said housings for closing thespaces between the spaced transverse members and housings, said doorsbeing arranged to open outward ofthe body and be` supported in thelatter position by the housings to be used as chutes for material loadedinto said body.

4'. In a truck body, the combinationvwith a bottom member, a roofstructure spaced therefrom'and'r curtains operable to close the spacebetween said bottom and roof, of a housing for supportingsaid curtainsformed at each side ,of the roof structure and extending longitudinallythereof, spaced transverse members connected between the lower adjacentedges of said housing so that thelatter project a substantial distanceabove theplane of said transverse members, doors hinged adjacent thelower inner edges of each ofv said housings forclosing the spacesbetween theV spaced transverse members and housings, and bracketsmounted on the exterior of each of said doors, saidvdoors being arrangedto open outward of the body and be supported in the latter position bythe brackets to be used as chutes for material loaded into said body.

v Y HUDSON T. WINNER.

